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WIID: Mapping the Great Divide

Explore how the same income rank means vastly different lives across countries

How to read: See where each income level falls globally. At the 50th percentile (middle class) in South Africa → richer than 54% of all humans.
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South Africa in 2022

How each income level compares globally

ⓘ The dashed diagonal = if country matched world average.

Above line = richer than global average
Below line = poorer than global average
Country Poorest 10% Middle Richest 10% Since 1990
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Data: WIID · UNU-WIDER 1990–2022 · Last updated 2023